AP World History Block 1

Discussion Area

5-Themes Activity

Civilizations:
Mesopotamia (45-56)
Egypt (early) (59-69)
Egypt (complex) (69-80)
South Asia (87-105)

Early Religions of South Asia (India)

Religions:
Early Aryan (Brahmanism) (99-104)
Jainism (217-218)
Early Buddhism (219-221)
Mahayana Buddhism (222-224)
Popular Hinduism (224-227)

Ancient Greece and Rome

Civilization Topics:
1 - Early Greek Society (231-245)
2 - Greek Economy, Society, and Cultural Life (245-255)
3 - Rome: Kingdom, Republic, and Empire (259-271)
4 - Roman Economy, Society, and Cosmopolitan Life (271-284)

End of the Classical Era Activity

Civilizations:
Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines)
Western Roman Empire
Gupta Civilization (Classical India)*
Han China
Korea, Vietnam, and Japan (pre-history - 1600 CE)
Cross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road

The Post-Classical Era Activity Civilizations:

Post-Classical Africa
Post-Classical India
Post-Classical Eurasia and Asia
Americas and Oceania
The Expansive Realm of Islam
Post-Classical Europe

Crisis and Recovery:

Cross-Cultural Interactions (565-576)
Crisis and Bubonic Plague (576-579)
Ming Recovery (579-580)
State Building (580-582)
The Italian Renaissance (582-585)
Exploration and Chinese Reconnaissance (585-586)
European Exploration (586-591)

Capitalist Societies and the New World:

Colliding Worlds (665-670)
Iberian Empires in the Americas and Settlers in the Colonies (670-675)
Colonial Society in the Americas (675-681)
Sugar, Slavery, Fur Trading, and Christianity and Native Religions (681-686)
Europeans in the Pacific (686-691)
African Politics and Society In Early Modern Times (695-699)
The Kingdoms of Central and South Africa (699-705)
The Atlantic Slave Trade (706-712)
The African Diaspora (712-718)

Tradition and Change in East Asia:

Group 1 - The Quest for Political Stability; Ming Dynasty (723-727)
Group 2 - The Quest for Political Stability; The Qing Dynasty and The Son of Heaven (727-731)
Group 3 - Economic and Social Change; Patriarchs and Population Growth (731-735)
Group 4 - Economic and Social Change; Gentry, Commoners, Soldiers, and Mean People (735-738)
Group 5 - The Confucian Tradition and New Cultural Influences; Neo-Confucianism and The Return of Christianity (738-741)
Group 6 - The Unification of Japan; The Tokugawa Shogunate and Economic and Social Change (741-744)
Group 7 - The Unification of Japan; Neo-Confucianism and Christianity and Dutch Learning (744-749)

The Islamic Empires:

The Islamic Empires - The Formation (753-762)
The Islamic Empires - Imperial Society (762-769)
The Islamic Empires - In Transition (770-775)

The Industrial Revolution:

1 - Technological Innovations of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolution (815-820)
2 - Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution (820-825)
3 - Urbanization and the Changing City During the Industrial Revolution (825-830)
4 - Changing Society During the Industrial Revolution (831-836)
5 - Global Effects of Industrialization (836-842)

The Americas and Societies at Crossroads:

The Americas in the Age of Independence - The Building of the American States
The Americas in the Age of Independence - American Economic Development
Societies at Crossroads - The Ottoman Empire in Decline
Societies at Crossroads - The Chinese Empire Under Siege

Imperialism

Imperialism Simulation Group Pages:
Austria
Germany
Russia
France
Britain
United States

Imperialism - Africa (909-925)
Imperialism - Pacific, Asia, and Legacies (925-939)

Post-WWI Nationalism

India (1005-1008)
China and Japan (1008-1014)
Africa (1014-1020)
Latin America (1020-1027)
The Holocaust
History of (Intro to) the Holocaust
The Nuremberg Laws
Ghettos
Pogroms (specifically with Kristallnacht)
The Euthanasia Program
Nazi Racial Hygiene
The Final Solution
Einsatzgruppen (Mobile Killing Units)
Concentration Camps and Gas Chambers
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Nazi Medical Experiments and Dr. Mengele (Dr. Death)

The Post-WWII World

The Formation of the Bipolar World
Challenges to the Superpower Hegemony
The End of the Cold War
Independence in Asia
Decolonization in Africa
After Independence - Long-Term Struggles in the Postcolonial Era
The Global Economy
Cross-Cultural Exchanges and Global Communications
Global Problems
Crossing Boundaries